Tricks of the Restaurant Trade, C4, 8.30pm
SIMON Rimmer, Sophie Morgan and Adam Pearson are back to provide viewers with more insights, investigations and tips on how they can improve their dining experiences. Simon enters Wagamama’s Noodle Lab to explore how innovation and customer feedback can dictate what ends up on our plates. And with monster milkshakes like Cookie Monster, Unicorn and Funfair taking over social media, the team investigates the shocking sugar levels and possible health risks.
One Day in Gaza, BBC2, 9pm
MAY 14, 2018 started as a day of mass protest on Gaza’s border with Israel, and would end as one of the deadliest days in the region for a generation. For weeks, Palestinians had been protesting along the border fence, but tensions were running particularly high due to the opening of the new United States embassy to Israel in Jerusalem – the controversial step ordered by President Donald Trump. While Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner and other senior US officials arrived to inaugurate the new embassy, tens of thousands of Palestinians gathered at sites along the Gaza border, barely 40 miles away.
Victoria’s Palace, STV, 9pm
TREVOR McDonald and Julie Etchingham discover how Queen Victoria transformed Buckingham Palace from an unloved, unfinished and unfurnished building into the home of the monarchy. The pair reveal how this royal residence was dramatically redesigned by Victoria and Prince Albert, showing how their innovations are still used by the royal family today, while historians Amanda Foreman and Annie Gray and curators of the Royal Collection guide Trevor and Julie around Buckingham Palace’s most important spaces.
Ghosts, BBC1, 9.30pm
Learning that their posh neighbours the Beg-Chetwyndes have an ancient claim over their land, Mike and Alison throw an upmarket dinner party to help resolve a thorny issue. But with the ghosts her only guide to high-class decorum, the evening starts badly and only gets worse – thanks to Mary’s woeful catering, Mike’s clueless deal-making and Robin’s raucous celebration of the lunar eclipse.
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